Gerald Vizenor at AWP
A Tribute to Gerald Vizenor @ AWP Minneapolis Friday, 4/10: 1:30–2:45pm w/ Heid Erdrich, Kim Blaeser, Gordon Henry Jr., Margaret Noodin, & Gerald Vizenor Room 208 C&D, Level 2 “I am still...
View Article#tbt: The Burr-Hamilton Duel
Interview in Weehawken: The Burr-Hamilton Duel as Told in the Original Documents was published by Wesleyan University Press in 1960. It didn’t end well for Hamilton. Wesleyan continues to publish...
View ArticleCésar Vallejo, cuatro paredes de la celda / Four Walls of the Cell
Today’s Throwback Thursday poem is from César Vallejo’s Trilce, first published in Peru in 1922, the year after the poet spent 105 days in prison for allegedly instigating a partisan skirmish in his...
View Article#tbt: Old Leather Man
Today’s Throwback Thursday selection is from our 2008 book The Old Leather Man. I first learned about the Old Leather Man around 15 years ago, when I worked for Arcadia Publishing. One day, after...
View ArticleReadercon Weekend–win a book!
Readercon 26 is taking place this weekend, July9–12, in Burlington, Massachusetts. Returning conference-goers will be used to seeing Leslie Starr at our booth. Alas, Leslie is retiring! Our wonderful...
View ArticleAnthology Film Archives (NYC) presents Robert Ryan
“Robert Ryan: An Actor’s Actor” Special screenings of films featuring Robert Ryan Sept. 4–10 @ Anthology Film Archives A six-film Robert Ryan retrospective in conjunction with The Lives of Robert...
View ArticleNight’s Dancer: The Life of Janet Collins
Janet Collins (1917–2003) was a renowned dancer, painter, and the first African-American soloist ballerina to appear on the stage of New York’s Metropolitan Opera. It took her many years of resolve,...
View Article#tbt: Young Union “Soldiers”
Today’s Throwback Thursday images are from the book Heroes for all Time: Connecticut Civil War Soldiers Tell Their Stories. These photographs depict two rather young Union “soldiers”. The name of boy...
View ArticleDe Lavallade, Faison & Wilkinson reflect on Janet Collins & their careers
Panelists include Carmen de Lavallade, George Faison, and Raven Wilkinson. Sunday, September 20th 2PM Barnes & Noble, 150 East 86th Street (86th & Lexington Ave.), New York, NY 212-369-2180...
View Article#tbt: “A Blessing,” by James Wright
Today’s Throwback Thursday selection is a James Wright poem found in a forthcoming poetry collection for children: Book of Nature Poetry. The poem was originally published in Wright’s 1963 volume, The...
View Article#WCW: Jill Sigman’s Performative Installations
The work of choreographer Jill Sigman exists at the intersection of dance, theater, and visual installation. Described as an artist of “prodigious imagination and intelligence” by The New York Times,...
View ArticleNourbeSe Philip & Gina Ulysse team up!
Atlantic Reasonings Between Caribbean Sisters Performances by M. NourbeSe Philip and Gina Athena Ulysse October 15th, 7:30PM in Wesleyan’s Memorial Chapel. Two Wesleyan Press authors, M. NourbeSe...
View ArticleHonoring Veterans of Connecticut and Beyond
Connecticut Veterans The Battle of Antietam, pictured here, claimed over 22,000 casualties in one day. Years later, a soldier remembered: “for the six months following everything I ate drank or...
View ArticleNEA Awards includes $25,000 awarded to Wesleyan UP
DATE: December 8, 2015 National Endowment for the Arts Awards More Than $27.6 Million Across Nation Includes $25,000 awarded to Wesleyan University Press Middletown, CT—In its first 50 years, the...
View Article#tbt: At the Tomb of Mallarmé
Today’s throwback Thursday poem was brought to my attention via a surprise Christmas gift from Clayton Eshleman: Eternity at Domme, a beautiful bi-lingual edition, published in France some years ago. I...
View ArticleCongratulations to Brenda Hillman!
Brenda Hillman is the newest member of the American Academy of Poets’ Board of Chancellors. This is an honorary position that has been held by some of the most distinguished poets in the United States,...
View ArticleGerald Vizenor: On his forthcoming novel & the White Earth Constitution
Publication Date: May 10, 2016 TREATY SHIRTS October 1934—A Familiar Treatise on the White Earth Nation The Politics Behind Treaty Shirts: October 2034—A Familiar Treatise on the White Earth Nation At...
View ArticleMarch is Maple Month!
According to the Maple Syrup Producers Association of Connecticut, March is Maple Month—the sweetest time of year. The longer days and melting snow reminds us that Spring is coming, and it is time to...
View ArticleKatja Kolcio, Wendy Perron, Eiko—Conversations w/o Walls & Solo #10
Today! Friday March 11th, beginning at 8PM Dancespace Project at St. Mark’s Church Presents 4-8pm: Conversation Without Walls: Bearing Witness Scholars and artists gather to commemorate the five-year...
View ArticleTed Greenwald, 1942–2016
It is with sadness that we announce the passing of New York City poet Ted Greenwald (December 19, 1942–June 17, 2016). Ted Greenwald’s poems sing the commons and dance with a homely grace American...
View Article